Yes definitely and I think this is important to keep in mind. We have to learn to live with the new normal but it shouldnāt mean issues be ignored.
No I am not.
I raised this point after reading through the lockdown measures as well as watching a report on ABC News Victoria tonight on some families suffering mentally as the result.
Iām sure they would have equally complained the government were āheavy handedā if there were police guards on the hotel quarantine locations.
My hope is that the case numbers fall away quickly and the lockdown can be somewhat eased for the suburbs quicker than the month outlined, or at least need a less visible enforcement.
Yes, it sucks. But those families would be vastly more distraught if they lost loved ones because an outbreak wasnāt managed effectively.
Thatās whatās at stake.
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How do you suggest they should control the virus? Get it to promise to go away?
So you want them to spread the virus to other public transport users?
Are you taking the piss now?
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Akaā¦ as the trump method.
Fucking delusional.
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I am talking about people who donāt have the virus and want to go to work or shop.
The whole point is they canāt be sure who does and doesnāt have it 
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People travelling when they donāt think they have the virus has kinda been an underlying theme of the last six months hasnāt it?
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What about those several hundred infected Melburnians who had no idea they had it two weeks ago, but do know now?
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Lockdowns are as much about ensuring that people without the virus donāt pick it up as well stopping those that do have it from spreading it.
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Quoted for truth
Weāve already seen how rapidly (and easily) the virus spreads thanks to its highly contagious nature - stopping the spread like we are seeing in Victoria at the moment is critical otherwise we end up it spreading like it has in the US, UK, Italy, Spain, Brazil.
There is no doubt that lockdowns suck, they are hard on people and businesses (and for all sorts of reasons) and not everyone or everything will survive in the state they went into the lockdown - but they are a critical element in our fight against the virus
How do you propose this occurs? This can change on a rapid basis and possibly faster then what we can test
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66 new cases in Victoria overnight.
ā¢ 17 linked to known outbreaks
ā¢ 20 from routine testing
ā¢ 1 from hotel quarantine
ā¢ 28 still under investigation
The state now has 442 active cases. 23 are in hospital. Six of them are in ICU
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there should be a dhhs twitter this afternoon with more detailes with ct etc
Really pleasing that Andrews has also announced: $2m for mental health, focused on the hotspot areas under lockdown again, to ensure they can reach a counseling or support service.
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the most important thing is to pull this up , get on top of it (meaning the hotspots) , contain it ,and drive the numbers down so that the vic govt can get back to a program and caustious program of easing restrictions (source dan andrews)
Those numbers are a relief of sorts considering the amount of testing, good to see there is no exponential increase. and cosidering most of the community transmission is in the locked down hotspots could kind of be considered ālinked to a known outbreakā.
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The world seems to be braking records every day.
New cases grew by 208k in the last 24 hours. We are now averaging a million cases every 5 days.
The US broke another record on new cases in a day = 57k in a day
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America would have to be concerned if they look at the Iran graphs. Iranās daily new cases bottomed out on May 2 before a second wave hit. but deaths kept declining in Iran for 3 weeks until bottoming out May 25, then steadily increased ever since.
Americaās deaths are still declining, but next week the 3 week lag could hit, and Americaās 2nd wave of cases took off much faster and stronger than Iranās
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